Eating Out
Chef-owner James Henry admits he didn't have a big budget to make his dream of a Parisian restaurant come true, so the project involved rolling up his sleeves and doing much of the renovation work himself, along with his business partners. The...
Hotels
Let's take a moment to remember Jim Morrison. The legendary lead singer of The Doors famously passed away in a Paris hotel bath in 1971 – yet another rock'n'roll hellraiser who died aged just 27 along with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones...
Hotels
One thing is for sure when staying at citizenM Paris: if you miss your flight from Charles de Gaulle, you've only yourself to blame. The hotel couldn't be more conveniently located – it's practically at the end of one of the runways - but it's...
Hotels
The Molitor swimming baths in Paris are an architectural treasure, but things nearly ended very badly for the Art Deco complex. Built in 1929, the Molitor was for decades the most popular pool in the French capital with swimmers and poseurs alike...
Lifestyle
The name Le Coiffeur doesn't mess about, but the interior of this hairdresser's in Marseilles has a few surprises up its sleeve, proving to be an interesting take on the usual salon layout. Margaux Keller, a native of the city, was tasked with doing...
Hotels
The Eiffel Tower is a pretty impressive thing, isn't it? What with its ability to attract countless thousands of visitors each year, and then have them climb up and down it all day every day. Well done Gustave Eiffel. There is of course one major...
Eating Out
It's the age old story: boy with a passion for restaurants meets girl with a passion for healthy food. Damien and Agathe decided to combine their passions, et voilà, Café PINSON in Paris. The doors have opened on PINSON 10e, the second café from...
Hotels
OKKO Nantes Château puts me in mind of Brigitte Bardot in her heyday: beautiful to look at, but one would imagine a bugger to keep clean. Luckily maintaining the brilliant finish on this palace of white is someone else's problem; all the guest has...
Eating Out
What a wonderful place Italy of the 1950s and '60s must have been. A glance back through rose-tinted glasses at the cinema of the day and you're instantly awash with the glamour – Hepburn and Peck whizzing about Rome on a Vespa, Anita Eckberg in...
Bars & Nightlife
Three architects on one project may seem like overkill, but Nüba in Paris was a complex job in more ways than one. For a start, two of the architects were living in Mexico. That's where Emmanuel Picault and Ludwig Godefroy, Frenchmen abroad, met Le...
Lifestyle
Dutchmen Johan Bouman and Pieter Franssens have been looking after Château de la Resle in Montigny-la-Resle, Burgundy, since undertaking the massive restoration project in 2005, and have done a damn fine job bringing up their baby. The original...
Eating Out
Usually when a man meets a woman and is drawn down the path of vegetarianism, his life is pretty much over in any meaningful sense, but for Cyril Aouizerate it was the catalyst that helped realise his dream of a philosophy inspired restaurant – a...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
You're looking at kratom gummies online or in a store, and they all claim to be high quality. Premium ingredients, potent extract, laboratory tested, maximum strength. Everyone says their gummies are the best. How do you actually separate quality...
Dispatches
Human hair extensions have quietly become one of the defining materials of contemporary self-presentation. Once confined to salon makeovers and celebrity transformations, they now sit at the intersection of personal branding, performance, and...
Dispatches
In most modern history, all these years, “doing more” usually meant “hiring more”. Growth was believed to be directly proportional to headcount because the work was manual. More customers created more tickets (issues), more orders created...
Dispatches
The story of how a billion-dollar casino hotel that reinvents itself while guests sleep, and why precision documentation is the invisible foundation of every great renovation. At 3am on a Tuesday, while high rollers chase fortunes on the casino...